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Barby
1959
Zonotrichia leucophrys
34.
June 28 Kyse Bay, Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C.
637 was singing - - - from an oak
between a weed field + a cultivated one. No sign
of a mate bee. 638 was one of 2 birds that
flushed from a thick weedy patch + flew to
a small willow. As I approached an area
where I heard a bird sing, a group flushed.
639 is me. There were at least 3 others, and
at least 2 of them seemed adult; the other may
have been a young bird. Heard singing after
shooting 639. 640 is another of these birds.
June 29 Oyster River, Vancouver Island, B.C.,
642 sang the standard VI song from a
dead fallen tree at the edge of a large
cleared field. There was another bird present,
643 and 644 were together in a grassy
area with a number of charred stumps and
1 0. Fir about 12 ft. tall. 654 flushed and sat
on a fencepost.
Macaulay Rd., 14 mi. N Courtenay, Vancouver Isl., B.C.
655 was in a small willow. Chased his mate
but could not get it. 656 was in next
territory, flushed several times. This cleared
range land, with bracken + huckle seems
to have a large population. 657 was in same
trees as 655, probably the mate; a bird had led
me in a large circle just before getting this. Heard
birds all along the road (trip described in journal)